Clark County prosecutor Jeremy Mull told the Courier-Journal: "I had hoped that it would be tried before now. But my main priority is getting a verdict that is going to stand, that is going to survive appeal."

Tragic Tammy Jo was discovered with parts of her skull removed under a tent draped over her bath.

Cops also found a “plate with what appeared to be skull bone and blood” on it and a pair of tongs with blood on them in the bin.

An autopsy revealed she died from multiple stab wounds and parts of her heart, lungs and brain were missing.

At the time of the murder, Oberhansley was free on parole for fatally gunning down his girlfriend Sabrina Elder, 17, in a drug-fuelled jealous rage in 1998.

He also shot his mum in the back and fired at his sister before tucking the weapon under his chin and pulling the trigger to give himself a “partial lobotomy.”

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